Railway-car brake-shoe.



' 'RAILWAY-can BRAKE-SHOE;

T all whom it md-y conc-emi: Be 1t knownthat I, SErn A. CRONE, a citizen'of the United States, and a resident of NewYork (sity, in the county ofNevv York4 and State! of New. York, have invented' certain -new and useful Improvements in. vRail,- Way- Carv Brake-'qhoea of which the follow#A ing 1s a specification.

The invention relates to' Aimprovements in brake-shoes; and it consists in the novelv features hereinafter described, and particutheforge'd-.metal'back The back 11' isinone 1n and preferablygbeing less in Width than-. saidf '.saidfbody being, as usual, of ca'st meta '-'lboX-'loopl-Z and '5 5' site sideedgesftvith inwardly depressed porlarly pointed 'outjin the claims.

- The .brake-shoe ofmy-mvention comprises 'a' cast metalbody and a steel'or forged metal .back-plate, the two parts being permanently connected togetheryby. the ca stnr 0f the 'metal of the body upon portions'of t, @metal ofthe back. l

'- Brake-shoes consisting ofQa .castf metal body and a steel or forged met-alback are .well known, vand my inventionpertains more articularly to la novel construction-lof the ack-plate and a novel union jof-the cast from the detailed desc-ri tion hereinafter pre- Figure 1 is an outer o r back'elevation offra 'elevation of` the backfplate. -40

In' the drawings, .10'.designates the bodyp9-mien of f the shoe; 'and 11 'the backlat an the' plate andint'egral at their'edges ther-e5 Vv'vitli, said-portionsat their onter-or surround ingedges not being severed4 from the' plate and4 the latter' being in consequence :uncut and ,of 'maximum strength '.fillsf-thei'recesses formed by the inwardly des. pressefdportionsl and such metal i s .o n` the same; plane Withfthe-l 'outer face of. the back-plate, fas indicatedin' Fig.4 3;- IIregard'the means provided for se? curing the .back at points between its middle andnends -a's-of considerable importan'cejin' that 4tliereb-y the back-plateneed not be out in 'producing such means "and becomes lvery the backfplatel 1j' of steel or forgedmfetal; and- --the two arts beingrigidly united by thel casting o" 'the cast-metal upon-'portions of body'.` Thebaek 11 .is formed at lits transf verse central portion With aboX- loop 12 and at its end portions With, inwardly extending transverse loops 14, lwhile int`er1'ne-ediate 'the formed at convenient vpoints'along `its* oppo- Specification of Letters :Pate-nt. Application med nml; 1?-, 1968. i sei-in nu. 21594;

' known featresin-this 'art-L bod5r thereto, whereby a "durao' 1e,` 'safe and efficient structure is roduced..

The invention `Will be .fuly understood.'

of the same onthethe loops `1li the plate'll is I tions' l15 forming metal extends. '1

The nov-e1 fea-arreglarmilitanten-pertain' more particularly to the -eonstructionsabove and below the latter and the transverse` end'loop'sj 1 4bein`g fio? ' The 'back-plate 1111*bovefaidfziiew.the

. .65 head 17 and at fits"edsaifordsjseatsglS- for said head, Whilebetween said seats 16, '1f8" vplate 'is depressed .inwardly-q as at 19,1

y creating a back-'Whiehis -rece'ssed .bef

l '1 The depressed 'portions '19 .f

of the backplate ar finiportance v'inthat' the 'setfinwardlywclearloftherhead 18 and 'ena le the head to. proper ly' seata ainst the 1 shoenotwithstanding' any j ossib e' irregularities orroughnessesf that t 'e inner face of,

'the head may possess". -Thepla-te 11 is lessA Vin'vvidththanthebast'body-10, as repre- 's'ented'i'n' Figgl; and thelsurfaces of said body v the 'duter surfaces o fgthe Alatterat the seats 16, 1 8 andv depressed-portions -19, whereby 'along t'hegsi'de4 edges "of ysaidl back conform to the-"middle and end seatsjfor the head and tfthe j depress'ionsi'betweensaidseats-to. clear l 1 the head 'extend transversely entirely `across cast metal extends over the"t`ran' svers e loops -14 as at20, and forms concaveguid'e'sifor Usual seeming key and-guidesfortheends of i the-brakeehead.

The plate 111 is seeurelyanchored 'lat its "ends fthe* plate isefliciently b" the inwardly -depressed pore.

and-at; these .Portions between 'its-nldle and l secured to =the tions 1.5 arent fthe, opposite vside edges of Thefca'stmetal:

, ellleiently anchored at its opposite side edges and the outer edges of which port-ions are integralwith the plate 3 substantially as set forth.. l

2. A brakeshoe having Least-metal body vand plateibaek, saidbaeli having' at itsopposite edges, between its center and ends, inwardly depressed portions'over whieli the east` metal extends and -tlie outer edges ot which portions are integral with the plate` lsubstantially asset' forth; f

Albrake-shoe haring' a east-metal body` kand a plate'back united the-reto, said back' havinghead-seats at each, side of its lcenter land `at its ends and said back'between said middle xand 'end seats being depressed to clear the brakesshoe head; substantially as set forth.

4. A brake-shoe having a east-metal body and a plate back united thereto and being less ,in Width than said body, said back having' head-seats at each side of its center and vclear the brake-shoe head; substantially as setforth.

5. A brake-shoe having a eastlnietal body and a plate back united thereto, said back lia-ying at opposite edges, between its center and ends, inwardly vdepressed uncut portions lforming reeesses'into which the east-metal extends; substantially as set forth.

6. A brake-shoe. haring' :Least-metal bod?v and a plate baek united thereto, said baer havingV inwardly depressed uncut edge p0rtions formingl recessesinto which the Cast inetal extends; .substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York eit y, in the county of -New York, and State of .Yew York, this 16th lday 'of March A- D. i905.

, SETH A: CR()NE Vvvitnessesz' ARTHUR MARION, Crus. C. GILL. 

